Quotes about Transformation

Get rid of your old self, which made you live as you used to — the old self that was being destroyed by its deceitful desires. Your hearts and minds must be made completely new, and you must put on the new self, which is created in God's likeness" (Ephesians 4:22 — 24

A lot of times we change, not when we see the light, but when we feel the heat.

The biblical word for personal change is repentance.

Think about this: What positive changes in your life could happen if you relied on God's unlimited power instead of your limited willpower.

love is the only thing that can change the unchangeable.

It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you.

It's in that place that we're reminded that true life comes when we're willing to admit that we've reached the end of ourselves, we've given up, we've let go, we're willing to die to all of our desires to figure it out and be in control. We lose our life, only to find it.

For Jesus, the question wasn't, "How do I get into heaven?" but "How do I bring heaven here?

He writes to his friends in Ephesus: I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened. When people ask you what the Bible is about, do you answer: It's about becoming more enlightened? Because that's how Paul puts it.

You cannot bring a fresh, new word about human flourishing and expect the old, established systems of oppression and power to stand by passively. Or, as Jesus put it, "You can't put new wine into old wineskins.

The way of Jesus is a journey, not a destination.

Forgiveness is unilateral. God isn't waiting for us to get it together, to clean up, shape up, get up - God has already done it.